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Ochsen, Carsten - 2005

, whereas active labour market policy appears not to be linked to crime. The combination of a shorter benefit duration and … higher replacement rate, like in the Nordic countries, seems to be a "crime reducing" combination. -- Unemployment ; labour …

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Crime and Unemployment in the EU : The Role of Labour Market Policies and Shadow Economy

Goulas, Eleftherios; Karidis, Socrates; Tzivanakis, Nikolaos - 2023

We examine the crime-unemployment relationship in 26 EU countries and the possibility of potential asymmetries … when active labour market policies are used to tackle unemployment. To avoid being misled about the effectiveness of crime … fighting policy where a strong link between unemployment and crime cannot be found, policymakers should recognise and further …

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The post-unification German labor market

Bonin, Holger; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2000

This study surveys the development of the East German labor market after the unification of Germany. We explain that in the last decade, East Germans were faced with very high levels of joblessness that considering labor market exits and active labor market policy, are only partly reported as...

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Labour migration from the eastern partnership countries : evolution and policy options for better outcomes

Barbone, Luca; Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail; Lücke, Matthias - 2013

This study is part of the project entitled "Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Countries" for the European Commission1. The study was written by Luca Barbone (CASE) Mikhail Bonch- Osmolovskiy (CASE) and Matthias Luecke (Kiel). It is based on the six...

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Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Partner Countries : country report: Ukraine

Coupé, Tom; Vakhitova, Hannah - 2013

Ukraine is a migration-intensive country, with an estimated 1.5-2 million labour migrants (about 5% of the working-age population). Slightly over a half of these migrants travel for work to the EU. This study discusses the impact of this large pool of migrants on both the sending and receiving...

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Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Partner Countries : country report: Belarus

Čubrik, Aleksandr; Kazlou, Alaksei - 2013

Labour migration does not appear to have the same magnitude and socio-economic importance in Belarus as in other EaP countries. It is one of the few post-socialist economies that have preserved the dominance of the state sector and built complicated systems of subsidisation and economic support...

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Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Partner Countries : country report: Armenia

Makaryan, Gagik; Galstyan, Mihran - 2013

The purpose of this study is to explore and assess the costs and benefits of labour migration in Armenia and the potential of migration for contributing to the country's development. We also examine how policy can be effectively formulated and implemented so that Armenia can get the most out of...

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The emergence of a new "socialist" market labour regime in China

Hebel, Jutta; Schucher, Günter - 2006

China's transition to a market economy has been a process of basic institutional changes and institution building. The institutional change from a socialist labour regime (SLR) as one of the backbones upholding the traditional leninist system to a new "socialist" market labour regime (SMLR)...

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The post-unification German labor market

Bonin, Holger; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2000

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Taming the Employment Sharks : The Case for Regulating Profit-Driven Labor Market Intermediaries in High Mobility Labor Markets

Freeman, Harris - 2011

The Article presents an argument for reclassifying and regulating commercial staffing agencies, most importantly the temporary help staffing agency. We conclude that a new legal status for profit-driven labor market intermediaries (LMIs) is essential to building a regulatory regime that can end...

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